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[6-NC-Sheriff]

[ANCHOR=Kim]

New information suggests the remains found in Rockingham County North Carolina are those of Jennifer Short, but investigators are still not ready to say for sure.
Dental analysis reveals the remains are those of a nine year old white female.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Rockingham Co., NC]

But at a press conference late yesterday afternoon, Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page says it is too early to say the remains are in fact those of Jennifer Short.
Yesterday, investigators transported some bone fragments to Roanoke for D-N-A analysis, and THAT should say with certainty whether it is the missing Henry County girl.
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[SOT 16:29:18]
[IN Q=The only information]
((SAM PAGE/ROCKINGHAM CO., NC SHERIFF: THE ONLY INFORMATION I CAN TELL YOU OFFICIAL IS WE'RE HOPING WITH THE NEXT DAY OR SO TO RECEIVE SOME INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE DNA RESULTS SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A WAITING GAME AGAIN BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT DAY OR SO WE'LL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.))
[SUPER=01-Sam Page/Rockingham Co., NC Sheriff]
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[OUT Q=have that information]
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[VO-NAT]

The North Carolina medical examiner's office also said that the remains found near Stoneville are those of a young child who was shot once in the head.
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[ANCHOR=KIM]
[SS=HOLD]
Authorities say so far they've recovered only a quarter of the body.
They'll continue to search the area.

[11Roanoke-Shooting]

A shooting in Roanoke sent one man to the hospital.
Police are still looking for suspects.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke]

Police say it happened around 8:30 last night after an assault at the Frontier Apartment Complex on Plantation Road.
Officers say a group of men was walking away from the apartments when another group drove by in a car.
Someone fired one shot from inside the vehicle.
The bullet hit 19-year old Robert Hopson of Roanoke in the thigh.
He was taken to Roanoke Memorial hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A police spokesperson says officers aren't yet sure what set off the incident but they are looking for suspects.
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[Bus-Ax]

In California, two people are dead after a man tried to kill the driver of a Greyhound bus, sending the bus crashing into a field.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Near Fresno, CA;]

Authorities say a passenger slashed the throat of the bus driver as he traveled down a freeway last night.
The driver survived the attack, but the bus went out of control and rolled over while he tried to defend himself.
The driver is in critical condition this morning.
Around 50 other people were injured, some seriously.
But the incident rattled the nerves of everyone on board the bus.
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[IN Q=What I remember]
[SUPER=01-Mike McClure/Witness;]
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[OUT Q=knife of some sort]
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[VO-NAT]

Police say the alleged attacker has been arrested.
There's no word yet on a motive.
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[Moussaoui]

The trial of accused 9-11 accomplice Zacarias Moussaoui is now postponed until June 30th.
Moussaoui was supposed to stand trial beginning January sixth on charges he plotted with the hijackers.
This is the THIRD trial date for Moussaoui.
He was originally supposed to go on trial yesterday in federal court in Alexandria.
The trial was pushed back to give him more time to prepare his case.
He could face the death penalty.

[AM-Falwell-Lawsuit]

[ANCHOR=Kimberly]
[NEWSCAST=Morn]
[WRITER=ejo]
[TAPE#=net-n]
[GRAPHIC=Fallwell, Jerry #2007]
The Reverend Jerry Falwell takes on the Commonwealth of Virginia later today in a Lynchburg courtroom.
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[VO-NAT From 01-59 03:50]
[SUPER=03-Lynchburg/November 2001;]
Falwell is challenging a state law that limits the amount of property churches can own to 15 acres in a city or town .. and 250 acres in a county.
Those limits were enacted in the late 17-hundreds .. when governments feared that powerful churches might overwhelm the state.
The suit was filed last November. Today it takes a step forward when a federal judge hears arguments from both sides..
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[Marketwatch]

In business news, A new quarter starts on Wall Street today -- and many investors would just as soon forget the one that just ended.
Alexis Christoforous has that story and more in this morning's Marketwatch.
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[SUPER=01-Alexis Christoforous/Reporting; :00]
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[OUT Q=your local stocks]

(tape tosses to stocks)
[STOCKS]
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[11Franklin-Body]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=khu]
[TAPE#=502-10 TC50:06]
[GRAPHIC=None]
Technically there's still been no positive identification of a body found over the weekend in Franklin County.
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[V/O-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Franklin Co.]
And yet the sheriff says he's 99-percent certain he knows who was in the back of a burned out vehicle.
The car was found in a field in the Glade Hill area. The family of Lori Metts Hodges Boyd has already established a trust fund for her four children.
Though no cause of death has been released, the family cannot imagine who could have wanted to harm her.
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[SOT 20:43:55]
[IN Q=She's about as]
((SUSAN HUGHES/LORI'S FRIEND; SHE'S ABOUT AS WHOLESOME, HONEST A PERSON.... SHE GAVE LOVE TO EVERYBODY SHE KNEW.))
[SUPER=01-Susan Hughes/Lori's Friend]
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[OUT Q=everybody she knew.]
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[V/O-NAT]
Lori Boyd was a Special Ed teacher's aide at Franklin County High School. She also drove a school bus for the county.
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[Dock-Workers]

Locked-out longshoremen put down their picket signs last night to help fight a fire on a cargo ship docked in Long Beach, California.
The ship has been idled in the harbor because of the on-going port labor standoff.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-San Francisco, CA;]

Meanwhile, a federal mediator will sit down with both sides of the dockworkers dispute.
The workers are locked out, while cargo sits, waiting to be unloaded.
If the strike continues, it could cost the nation's economy billions of dollars.
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[Torricelli]

Republicans plan to fight Democratic efforts to replace New Jersey Senator Robert Torricelli, just five weeks before Election Day.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Trenton, NJ;]

The G-O-P will file a court challenge today to block any attempt to replace Torricelli on the ballot.
They say it's too late for him to withdraw.
Torricelli is dropping his efforts for a second term after ethics
problems put a damper on his re-election bid.
The decision adds a new twist in the fight for control of the Senate -- where Democrats have a one-seat majority.
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[5-Obesity]

[ANCHOR=Jean]
[NEWSCAST=5pm]
[WRITER=jsu]
[TAPE#=502-04 1:23:33]
[GRAPHIC=Mornin' Health Check]
In this morning's Health Check, Ask most kids their favorite foods...and you're likely to hear pizza, french fries or candy.
Fruits and vegetables tend to be low or non-existent on the most popular list.
But as Health Check Reporter Joy Sutton found a pilot program is hoping to change that.
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[IN Q=Say the word broccoli or any other]
[SUPER=03-Roanoke Co.; :00]
[SUPER=07-Jason Mayfield; :13Quick]
[SUPER=01-Donna Proctor/Virginia Cooperative Extension Agent; :31]
[SUPER=07-Deanna Tutolo; :46]
[SUPER=07-Erin Thompson; 1:00]
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[OUT Q=I'm JS for News 7 Mornin'.]
((
Say the word broccoli or any other vegetables..and most kids will go "yuk". But at the after school program at Burlington Elementary these kids are learning that eating vegetables is actually not that bad.
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[IN Q=Cause when you're very hungry]
((JASON:CAUSE WHEN YOU'RE VERY HUNGRY IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU GET FAT))
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[OUT Q=doesn't make you get fat]

That's what the program is hoping to do, keep these kids from getting fat by making healthier choices.
For the past week the children been playing with the Veggie kit. A kit developed as part of the "5 a Day for Child Care Providers".
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[SOT59:30]
[IN Q=We know eating five fruits and vegetables]
((DONNA PROCTOR: VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AGENT: WE KNOW EATING FIVE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES A DAY.. AND DECREASING THE INCIDENTS OF CHILDHOOD OVERWEIGHT WHICH SEEMS TO BE ON THE RISE IN YOUNG KIDS))
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[OUT Q=in young kids]

And because many kids rarely eat five fruits and vegetables... the program hopes to change that by making vegetables fun.
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[SOT1:29:23]
[IN Q=The bood and stuffed animals]
((DEANNA TUTOLO/1O YEAR OLD: THE BOOKS AND STUFFED ANIMALS AND PRODUCE TEACH THEM TO NOT BE AFRAID TO EAT THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE. THEY CAN TRY NEW THINGS))
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[OUT Q=try new things]
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[SOT1:26:40]
[IN Q=I like it it's fun to play with]
((I LIKE IT IT'S FUN TO PLAY WITH AND WHILE YOU PLAY YOU CAN STILL LEARN))
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[OUT Q=you can still learn]

And these kids are finding out there are a lot of choices when it comes to vegetables.
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[SOT1:31:35]
[IN Q=How many]
((HOW MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WOULD YOU SAY THERE ARE OUT THERE... there are about 200-thousand))
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[OUT Q=about 2-hundred]

And while the kids many not like all of them ... organizers of the program say if they can at least get them to try them, there is a better chance they'll continue to eat them as they get older.))
[ANCHOR=KIM]
[SS=HOLD]
As part of the program, 11 veggie and fruits kits have been passed out to local day care providers. If the pilot program is a success, health officials hope to get grant money to make them available to more children in our area.
(Kimberly tosses to bump)

[11Jaywalking ]

The Virginia Tech police department is cracking down on jaywalkers.
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[VO-NAT]
[SUPER=03-Blacksburg;]

Starting today, police will begin ticketing jaywalkers to promote safety.
That means anyone caught NOT using a crosswalk will pay up to 70-dollars in fines.
But, officials say issuing tickets is just one way to meet their goal.
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[SOT 18:46]
[IN Q=we're going to]
((DEBRA DUNCAN/VA TECH POLICE CHIEF: WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME REFLECTORS AND ALSO PUT IN THE CROSSWALKS TO MAKE IT MORE VISIBLE. WE'VE ADDED LIGHTS, PRUINING TREES, WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND WE'RE WANTING EVERYONE TO DO THEIR PART))
[SUPER=01-Debra Duncan/VA Tech Police Chief;]
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[OUT Q=their part]
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[VO-NAT]

A Virginia Tech student was killed last year trying to cross the street--which prompted police to increase safety efforts.
Duncan says she hopes both pedestrians and drivers will be more cautious.
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[S-Tech2002]

The Hokies don't play again until Thursday night October 10th when they travel to Boston College.
In this morning's Tech 2002 Report - Mike Stevens travels back in time.
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[SOT]
[IN Q=FIRST AUDIO]
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[OUT Q=...a nice Tuesday."]
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(( From 1978 through 1986 - before the arrival of Beamer Ball in Blacksburg.
Bill Dooley dominated the landscape. As head football coach and athletic director he was all powerful - feared and often jeered by the administration in Burress Hall, but simply adored by his players.
Back then the Stallions and not the Untouchables ran roughshod on the opposition and Bruce Smith and Mike Johnson were the ringleaders on defense.
Under his administration, lights went up at Lane Stadium, the East side expansion was completed and
the Hokies proved they could win in the Carrier Dome.
It's tough for many to swallow - but the truth is Dooley helped set the table for the success that you see in Blacksburg today.
((BILL DOOLEY:))
Dooley, who has been inducted into 7 different hall of fames, was in Winston-Salem this past weekend celebrating the 10th anniversary of his last bowl team the 1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
Now 68 years old, Dooley is on the mend after heart surgery
((BILL DOOLEY:))
He now lives with his two youngest sons and wife Marie in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
((BILL DOOLEY:))
Dooley says he has lots of fond memories from his days at Tech and only wishes he could have gotten the Hokies into conference back then.
((BILL DOOLEY:))
Next week in the Tech 2002 Report we're going from an "Old School" Coach to some new age inventions. Take care folks and have a nice day.))
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[COMM][11Bomb-Threat]

[ANCHOR=Kim]
[NEWSCAST=morn]
[WRITER=jmc]
[TAPE#=none]
[GRAPHIC=None]

Roanoke police have charged two teenagers with making a bomb threat at Patrick Henry High School.
The campus was evacuated around lunchtime yesterday in response to the threat. No bomb was found.
Two boys, ages 15 and 16, were charged and taken to the Coyner Springs detention center.